Prep Baseball Report

Player of the Week - Week 5


Prep Baseball KY Staff

It's time for our next weekly spotlights for some of the top performers across KY! Check out our Player of the Week for April 14-20


Kendrick Dunning SS / C / McCracken County High School / 2026

.545 AVG | .643 OBP | 1.182 SLG | 6 H | 6 R | 5 RBI | 4 2B | 1 HR | 1 BB | 13 TB

 Week 5's Player of the Week award belongs to 2026 SS/C Kendrick Dunning! The uncommitted junior picked up six hits last week, five of them going for extra bases. Dunning also drew a walk and 2 HBPs for an OBP of .643 on the week. The 2024 Future Games alum boosted his season average to an even .500 to lead the loaded McCracken County offense, who have stood firmly at #7 overall in our Top 25 Power Rankings. The top ranked 2026 SS now leads the Mustang offense in almost all categories this year, with 22 H, 18 R, 18 RBI, 12 XBH including 5 homers, 8 BB and 6 SB. Congratulations to Kendrick Dunning on being named this week's Player of the Week! 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">‘26 Kendrick Dunning (<a href="https://twitter.com/stang_baseball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stang_baseball</a>)<br><br>The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/uncommitted?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#uncommitted</a> ‘26 shoots a rocket up the middle for a RBI single here in the T1 for the Mustangs. <br><br>Dunning has a smooth &amp; controlled swing, while continuing to find barrels every time we see him<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FG24Alum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FG24Alum</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeSeen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeSeen</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PB_Uncommitted?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PB_Uncommitted</a> <a href="https://t.co/D9SuN1TyXt">pic.twitter.com/D9SuN1TyXt</a></p>&mdash; Prep Baseball Kentucky (@PrepbaseballKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepbaseballKY/status/1913391340857037192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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